The Rock Hills Grizzlies will square off against the Troy Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Rock Hills comes in on seven and Troy on nine.
Rock Hills is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They blew past Burlingame 60-37. The Grizzlies have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 matchups by 23 points or more this season.
Bethany Simmelink
| 03/01/25 vs Burlingame | 27 |
| 02/21/25 @ Thunder Ridge | 24 |
| 02/14/25 vs Lincoln | 15 |
| 02/07/25 @ Lakeside | 17 |
| 02/04/25 @ Sylvan-Lucas | 17 |
Rock Hills' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Bethany Simmelink, who went 9-for-14 en route to 27 points in addition to seven steals and five assists, and Halle Mizner, who dropped a double-double with 25 points and 16 boards. Simmelink's big performance that morning made it five games in a row in which she has scored at least 15 points. Brynlee Manning was another key player, putting up six points.
Meanwhile, Troy was able to grind out a solid win over Blue Valley on Friday, taking the game 59-50. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while the Rams are ranked 149th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rock Hills better keep an eye on Harper Whetstine. She was instrumental in Troy's win, shooting 48% from the field to rack up 43 points along with eight rebounds and eight steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Whetstine has scored at least a third of Troy's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Emerson Weber, who posted six points.
Rock Hills pushed their record up to 17-3 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 21.6 points. As for Troy, their record now sits at 19-1.
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